Demographic features and premorbid personality disorder traits in relation to age of onset and sex in paranoid schizophrenia

Abstract Personality disorders in the premorbid period of schizophrenia and particularly in relation to age of onset and sex, seem to be a rather under-researched area. In the present study, 88 patients with paranoid schizophrenia were examined, regarding demographic characteristics and premorbid pe...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2014-03, Vol.215 (3), p.554-559
Main Authors: Skokou, Maria, Gourzis, Philippos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age of Onset
Avoidant
Biological and medical sciences
Coitus
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Dimension
Female
Humans
Late-onset
Male
Marital Status
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Negative
Personality disorders
Personality Disorders - psychology
Prospective Studies
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Psychosis
Retrospective Studies
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia, Paranoid - complications
Schizophrenia, Paranoid - diagnosis
Schizophrenic Psychology
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Socioeconomic Factors
Urban
Young-onset
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Summary:Abstract Personality disorders in the premorbid period of schizophrenia and particularly in relation to age of onset and sex, seem to be a rather under-researched area. In the present study, 88 patients with paranoid schizophrenia were examined, regarding demographic characteristics and premorbid personality disorder traits, in order to investigate for differences in the premorbid period of the disease, in relation to age of onset and sex. Age cutoff points were set at
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.01.018